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Text reads, "Highway washout on Rts. 4 and 28, W. Va. Flood June 17 2019. Approx. 1000 ft. of highway is washed completely away."

1. Highway Washout on Routes 4 and 28, Petersburg, W. Va.

IDNO:
053718
Title:
Highway Washout on Routes 4 and 28, Petersburg, W. Va.
Date:
1949/06/17
Description:
Text reads, "Highway washout on Rts. 4 and 28, W. Va. Flood June 17 2019. Approx. 1000 ft. of highway is washed completely away."
Text reads, "Flood scene, Petersburg, W. Va. June 17, 1949. Photo shows Ours home resting on Rt. 4 and 28. Travellers from N. Y. were stranded on this roof for 15 hours."

2. Flood Scene, Petersburg, W. Va.

IDNO:
053717
Title:
Flood Scene, Petersburg, W. Va.
Date:
1949/06/17
Description:
Text reads, "Flood scene, Petersburg, W. Va. June 17, 1949. Photo shows Ours home resting on Rt. 4 and 28. Travellers from N. Y. were stranded on this roof for 15 hours."

3. Devastation in South Petersburg, W. Va.

IDNO:
053716
Title:
Devastation in South Petersburg, W. Va.
Date:
1949/06/17
Text reads, "Scene of south end of Petersburg, W. Va. as raging waters carry away slaughterhouse in foreground. Photo by Addison. Flood of June 17 1949."

4. Wreckage of Flood, Petersburg, W. Va.

IDNO:
053715
Title:
Wreckage of Flood, Petersburg, W. Va.
Date:
1949/06/17
Description:
Text reads, "Scene of south end of Petersburg, W. Va. as raging waters carry away slaughterhouse in foreground. Photo by Addison. Flood of June 17 1949."
Text reads, "Wreckage of auto owned by N. Y. couple. Car and $3000 of wedding presents were complete loss and owners were stranded on the roof of the Ours home for 15 hours in the Flood June 17 1949. Flash flood, Petersburg, W. Va."

5. Wreckage of Auto, Petersburg, W. Va.

IDNO:
053713
Title:
Wreckage of Auto, Petersburg, W. Va.
Date:
1949/06/17
Description:
Text reads, "Wreckage of auto owned by N. Y. couple. Car and $3000 of wedding presents were complete loss and owners were stranded on the roof of the Ours home for 15 hours in the Flood June 17 1949. Flash flood, Petersburg, W. Va."

6. Wreckage on Johnson Run, South Petersburg, W. Va.

IDNO:
053712
Title:
Wreckage on Johnson Run, South Petersburg, W. Va.
Date:
1949/06/17
Text reads, "Scene of wreckage after Petersburg, W. Va. flood June 17 1949. Scene back of Tanners, Petersburg, W. Va."

7. Wreckage of Flood, Petersburg, W. Va.

IDNO:
053711
Title:
Wreckage of Flood, Petersburg, W. Va.
Date:
1949/06/17
Description:
Text reads, "Scene of wreckage after Petersburg, W. Va. flood June 17 1949. Scene back of Tanners, Petersburg, W. Va."

8. Wreckage of Flood, South End of Petersburg, W. Va.

IDNO:
053710
Title:
Wreckage of Flood, South End of Petersburg, W. Va.
Date:
1949/06/17
Text reads, "Scene on Route 42 between Maysville and Petersburg, W. Va. Lunice Creek Bridge, Petersburg, Flood June 17 1949."

9. Lunice Creek Bridge in Flood, Petersburg, W. Va.

IDNO:
053707
Title:
Lunice Creek Bridge in Flood, Petersburg, W. Va.
Date:
1949/06/17
Description:
Text reads, "Scene on Route 42 between Maysville and Petersburg, W. Va. Lunice Creek Bridge, Petersburg, Flood June 17 1949."
James Chapman sits with his dog in front of his demolished home three days after the Pittston Coal Company's coal slurry impoundment dam broke, killing 125 people and leaving thousands homeless. Four days before the disaster, the dam had been declared "satisfactory" by federal inspectors.

10. Buffalo Creek Flood Disaster Victims at Man, Logan County, W. Va.

IDNO:
024532
Title:
Buffalo Creek Flood Disaster Victims at Man, Logan County, W. Va.
Date:
1972/02/29
Description:
James Chapman sits with his dog in front of his demolished home three days after the Pittston Coal Company's coal slurry impoundment dam broke, killing 125 people and leaving thousands homeless. Four days before the disaster, the dam had been declared "satisfactory" by federal inspectors.